An anonymous reader shares this report on The Switchblade, “an aircraft that doubles as a car.” It could be “just weeks away from getting its wheels off the ground after an inspection by America’s Federal Aviation Administration determined that the vehicle is safe to fly: The project has been 14 Read more…
To the naked eye, the Mako Compressor Station outside the dusty West Texas crossroads of Lenorah appears unremarkable, similar to tens of thousands of oil and gas operations scattered throughout the oil-rich Permian Basin. What’s not visible through the chain-link fence is the plume of invisible gas, primarily methane, billowing Read more…
Riot Blockchain earned about $9.5 million in credits last month from shutting down its Bitcoin mining rigs at a Texas facility while the region weathered a historic heat wave. The amount will be credited against the company’s power usage. The value of the credit is equal to around 439 Bitcoin. Read more…
Marine scientists have found that parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have recorded their highest levels of coral cover since monitoring began nearly four decades ago, although they warn the reef’s recovery could be swiftly undone by global warming. The Australian Institute of Marine Science, a government agency, began monitoring Read more…
Migrants who have been convicted of a criminal offence will be required to scan their faces up to five times a day using smartwatches installed with facial recognition technology under plans from the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice. In May, the government awarded a contract to the British Read more…
SoundCloud CEO Michael Weissman told employees in an email that the company “will be making reductions to our global team that will impact up to 20% of our company.” “Making changes that affect people is incredibly hard. But it is one that is necessary given the challenging economic climate and Read more…
Amazon this morning announced plans to acquire iRobot for an all-cash deal valued at $1.7 billion. The home robotics firm, best known for pioneering the robotic vacuum, was founded in 1990 by MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab members Colin Angle, Rodney Brooks and Helen Greiner. Twelve years after its founding, the Read more…